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Teaser Tuesday: Creative License? #fantasy #adventure

  Continuing through the series, we have an excerpt from Legends of Windemere: The Merchant of Nevra Coil.  It does contain a spoiler in that you will see what the titular Merchant has made to give the champions a headache.  … Continue reading

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Let’s Talk about Stress

Stress is brutal.  In small doses, it can drive us ahead, but how often do we get the proper amount?  The longer I live, the more I meet people who are either unstressed to the point of being unmotivated and … Continue reading

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Solution to the Summons Snag in Keys of Eden (Alliteration Fail!)

Quick recap of this idea:  Keys of Eden is going to be almost a child series with a few volumes of short stories.  I’m thinking 5 volumes with 3 having 10 and 2 having 11.  The reason for the cut is … Continue reading

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Goal Post: The Weather Didn’t Help This Week

The lockdown, quarantine, stay-at-home orders, or whatever you want to call it is hard enough without crappy weather.  At least for me, I’d rather it be nice outside, so I can open a window or feel warm.  Take a step … Continue reading

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When Villains Go Hero

On-going series will have multiple villains in order to keep things fresh.  You need different enemies with a variety of ambitions to make sure it’s not the same adventure over and over again.  Yet, you run into a problem down … Continue reading

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7 Tips to Having Villains Team Up: Let the Eye-Rolling Ensue

It’s time for the villains to unite against one or many heroes.  Such a faction of evil can only be stopped by . . . Well, that’s a long list ranging from punches to infighting to whatever you can imagine.  … Continue reading

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Teaser Tuesday: Best Shot #fantasy #adventure

This is a scene from Sleeper of the Wildwood Fugue and it does contain minor spoilers.  Although, I’m not sure if that’s a big thing given how long the story has been out.  It should still be a lot of … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Villain Team-Ups: Is It a Limited Tactic?

Villains teaming up is a classic twist to a series.  You have two established characters who don’t necessarily share a common enemy.  Yet, they work together for the same goal, which causes the heroes to do the same.  It happens … Continue reading

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Seriously, These Weeks Are Turning into Months

Betting everyone feels like these weeks are just an endless cycle of nothing.  Sure, the sun goes up and down to signify the passage of time.  Yet, it doesn’t feel like it means a difference since every day is basically … Continue reading

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The Fall of ‘Footsteps’

As I was looking through my future ideas, I kept running into a set of notes that came at the end of all the big series.  These were called ‘Footsteps’ and stemmed from a point when I was going to … Continue reading

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